________________ are high performance building panels used in floors, walls, and roofs for residential and light commercial buildings. The panels are made by sandwiching a core of rigid foam plastic insulation between two structural skins of oriented strand board (OSB), or plywood. Plywood thickness may increase with larger buildings.

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Siding

When joining siding horizontally to stucco, what flashing should be used?

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Thermal Moisture Protection

When estimating wood siding take-off, allowance for ________ should be included.

Knock down roller finishes are achieved the same way hand applied textures, except _______ with a large flat curved blade trowel?

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Drywall, Metal Studs and Metal Framing

Studs form walls and may carry ______________ structural loads or be non load-bearing such as in partition walls which only separate spaces. They hold in place the windows, doors, interior finish, exterior sheathing or siding, insulation and utilities and help give shape to a building. Studs run from sill plate to wall plate. In modern construction studs are fastened to the plates in a way, such as using ties, to prevent the building from being lifted off the foundation by severe wind or earthquake.

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Concrete, Mixtures, Strength, Pressure, Forms and Foundations

A _______________ is used to transfer the load of a structure down through the upper weak layer of topsoil to the stronger layer of subsoil below.

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Concrete, Shotcrete and Concrete Formwork

Forms should not be removed until the concrete has achieved _______% of it’s strength.

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Concrete, Reinforcing Steel, Structural, Rebar and Ties

What should forms be made of?

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Steel Joists and Joist Girders

HOW MANY JOISTS SPACED 16" ON CENTER ARE REQUIRED FOR A BUILDING 120' LONG?

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Steel Framing, Steel Columns and Steel Erection

Bracing connections are generally made with _______________ bolts in clearance holes. In theory at least, this allows some movement in the connection, but in practice this is ignored in orthodox construction. In some cases it may be that movement on reversal is unacceptable - preloaded connections should be used in these circumstances.

The general design process is:

Identify the load path through the connection

Arrange the connection to ensure that the design intent of the members is realised, e.g. the beam connections remain nominally pinned

Include the effects of any significant eccentricity

Check the components in the connection.

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Masonry Mortar Mixtures, Prisms and Chimneys

_______________________ draft is when air or flue gases flow under the effect of a gradually decreasing pressure below atmospheric pressure. In this case, the system is said to operate under induced draft. The stacks (or chimneys) provide sufficient natural draft to meet the low draft loss needs. In order to meet higher pressure differentials, the stacks must simultaneously operate with draft fans.

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Masonry, Reinforcing Steel Bars, Walls, Mortar and Concrete

________ bar support is used to prevent rebar from moving when being grouted.